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Former President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, visit the Illinois Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. Virginia Marmaduke, Special Events Director for the Illinois Commission to the World's Fair, stands next to them holding a Land of…

Several run-down stone buildings stand amidst tall gresses and trees.

A World War I poster depicts a soldier leaving to fulfill his duty to his country.

Union soldiers stand along the the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The Dutch Gap Canal was a failed attempt by Union troops to bypass a bend in the river that was surrounded by Confederate forts. On verso:…

Men sitting or standing while holding onto a stability bar on an automobile

A pair of children play in Duncan Park opposite a large cannon and gazebo in Jacksonville, Illinois.

A truck unloads at the dumping grounds created for flood clean-upa 1/2 mile north of Shawneetown.

Works Progress Administration men dump condemned fruit and vegetables at the burying ground southwest of Mound City.

Dozens of ducks approach a feeding trough from both sides of a large pen.Photo caption: "Ducks at feed trough."

Works Progress Administration men turn pages in wet books while drying them.

Works Progress Administration men float a drowned mule down High Street in Mound City.

An automobile navigates a snow-covered road through the rural countryside.

A man sits perched in his automobile on a muddy road.

Chicago shrinks back from a shield labeled "Jack Johnson" in this political cartoon by Harold R. Heaton, likely referring to the July 4, 1910, boxing match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada. The fight, between a white man and…

People eating and drinking at an event.

Several Monticello College students enjoy refreshments at a restaurant.

A young girl drinks a milkshake as she sits under a hair dryer at a beauty shop.

Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Here's to the Maiden of Bashfull Fifteen." Lyrics depict support for soldiers, military leaders, and nurses in battle. Color cover image depicts soldiers drinking around a punch bowl.

Drilling rigs and towers dot the skyline near an oil field adjacent to a crop field.

Construction workers drill line holes using S-68 jackhammers with air being supplied by portable compressors while creating the foundation at Radio City Music Hall.

A man operates a jackhammer while line drilling a sidewall of the foundation at Radio City Music Hall.

A drawing depicts an unidentified woman looking off to the side.